Adults who play with their toys.

[Deadzone]

I saw a thread where this became a heated issue. However, playing with a toy can mean so many different things. I thought we should clarify what people actually meant. Personally, I am the one who does the second to last choice (maybe because I don't have any battle pods to have them fight against). Hey, Hikaru was playing with a toy in the final episode of Macross. Of course, I thought he should have been playing with Minmei.

In my opinion, if you want to display your piece or play with it, doesn't really matter to me. It is just preference. However, certain toys do lend itself better for handling than others, but we've covered that to death.

[VF-1Guy]

Wohoo, first voter!

I just transform and occasionaly my valks. I really wish that life wasn't so hectic so that I could spend some realy quality time with them!

[mister_e]

I voted "All of the above except for holding mock battles."

I figure this is what most people on these boards mean when they say the play with their valks. I, however, do not play with mine at all, but that's another poll

[Coota0]

Nothing wrong with a mockbattle, although mine don't fight battle pods, they fight 1/72 Tomcats, 1/72 soldiers and armor, transformers (especially the fighters ) even a 1/72 X-wing (I don't have the actiion series but, I've got some micromachine figures that work nicley) whatever I have that looks right with them.

[Pogoman]

I keep my items misb.

Ocasionally I would go to the local store and they have the display items that I can borrow to check out and transform.

[Godzilla]

I have some in MISB but I have one where I do everything to it from flying, to posing, to mock battles. Hence why I buy mutiples but they sure do get expensive.

[pfunk]

evrytang,,,,,,,,,,,evrytang

I just love the weird looks my ol' lady gives me when Im flying them through the house making jet noises she likes the VF-11b FP and wants to fight one of my VF-1's with it

[Weaseldancer]

I only display my valks. Mine are taken out of the box, transformed into whichever mode I plan to display it in and then it goes on one of my display shelves.

[UN Spacy]

I think some of y'all are lying. I'm sure all of you have flown your valkyries around the house at least once (I'm guilty).

But....most of the time I'm just transforming em and putting em back on the display stands.

[BoBe-Patt]

I just transform them a couple of times, and then back in the box they go! Well at least until I get a place of my own and have all of these display cases!

[VF-18S Hornet]

MY sister says we are not normal for collecting Macross toys and talking about our collections on MacrossWorld. In my opinion I do not care what she says about us fanguys. I really think she was being arrogant in her beliefs and should know that no one cares to hear any comment from a person who into his or her own thing that is not related to anime. a person who should keep her opinons to her self. But as for my collection I transfrom them and pose, and sometime make mock battles Heh heh.

Edited November 12, 2003 by VF-18S Hornet

[Mechafan]

I voted "All of the above except for holding mock battles."

Me too. Sometimes to play a mock battle or just to repose them. If I have more that one of the same type I do not do the transforming as much.

[ewilen]

I voted for the second to last. Although I only really fly them around (with sound effects) to make my wife laugh; I don't think I'd do it without an audience.

BTW, how do we define "staging mock battles"? Is it just posing several toys to create an impromptu diorama? If so, I plead guilty. I got a Matchbox Glaug shortly after watching "Longest Birthday", where there's a standoff between Kamujin and Hikaru, and I immediately wanted to see how it would look facing off against a Yammie 1J. (It looks nice.)

OTOH, if "staging mock battles" means actually acting out battles, nope, I haven't done that.

[Deadzone]

By Mock battles I meant actually moving the toys around and going "Bang, Bang!" Stuff I did when I was a kid but not anymore. Just putting the toys in a battle scene is more like displaying them in a more realistic setting.

[Hurin]

Congrats on creating one of the most complete sets of possible answers I've ever seen on a MW poll.

A MW poll without an obvious bias is a very, very rare thing.

H

[Hurin]

MY sister says we are not normal for collecting Macross toys and talking about our collections on MacrossWorld.

I've seen normal. . . I'll pass.

Not that I want to be a complete geek. But too much normal is pretty damn annoying.

My "normal" friends don't give much thought to anything beyond beer and sex. . .

At least I have the occasional thought about how best to panel-line my 1/48 in there somewhere.

H

[Graham]

Second from last choice.

Although if I had some Battlepod toys, I'd probably write some Macross wargaming rules, paint my house in giant hexes and have a giant Macross wargame

And who wants to be normal!? Pah......sheep following the herd, baa, baa! My whole life I have never subscribed to the theory that just because something is cool, popular or fashionable with the graet unwashed masses (peasants) that it automatically has to be good.

Graham

[EXO]

And who wants to be normal!? Pah......sheep following the herd, baa, baa! My whole life I have never subscribed to the theory that just because something is cool, popular or fashionable with the graet unwashed masses (peasants) that it automatically has to be good.

Graham

Hey waitaminute!!! Us great unwashed peasants like Macross too!!!

hehe... got to use it again!!!

[Macross_Fanboy]

Hey, I just got my first Yammie. A YF-21, and I only fly it around when I'm at my computer bored out of my mind. Beats using my 1/144 scale Bandai Thunderbolt model for some cheap fun. And great pic EXO. I hate transforming, I'm gettng a hang of it, but it hurts my fingers sometimes. <_

[Uxi]

No pods to have mock battles with

But I have had flight demonstrations for an unseen UN Spacy official.

[NoSuchFile]

I can't possibly have mock battles, I have no enemy mecha to fight, I tried with my old jetfire, doesn't feel the same, something is missing

[Graham]

Okay, so here's a question. Once Yamato releases the 1/60 Q-Rau, then we will have an enemy mecha toy. So how many of you will then start holding mock battles?

I probably will

Graham

[EXO]

Okay, so here's a question. Once Yamato releases the 1/72 Q-Rau, then we will have an enemy mecha toy. So how many of you will then start holding mock battles?

Graham

IS that a trick question? Because I thought it was suppose to be a 1/60?

[Mechafan]

Okay, so here's a question. Once Yamato releases the 1/72 Q-Rau, then we will have an enemy mecha toy. So how many of you will then start holding mock battles?

I would and the Q-Rau would have fun tearing the 1/60's to shreads.

[Graham]

Okay, so here's a question. Once Yamato releases the 1/72 Q-Rau, then we will have an enemy mecha toy. So how many of you will then start holding mock battles?

Graham

IS that a trick question? Because I thought it was suppose to be a 1/60?

Whoops, no just a typo. It is 1/60.

Graham

[Rune]

Still a child and now am more then ever have to stay that way for my sons sake......*55 years from now* " Dad?....."

"Yes son"

"Don't you think that you should change your daiper before you go outside to have mock battles with your toys?"

How ironic. <_<

[Bub]

Transform.

Pose.

WHOOOOOOOOOOOSSHHHHHH!

[drifand]

I once had a tight-assed Project Manager walk around the design studio ridiculing designers who had toys displayed around their desks. He actually came over to me and pointed out my Swordfish II (from Cowboy Bebop) and said "You know, that thing DOESN'T really fly." I simply took it off the stand, made a couple of loop-de-loops complete with swooshes and told him, "Dude you just don't have any IMAGINATION. I feel sorry for you." :-)

[Mr March]

I like posing and displaying Valkyries. I don't really play with toys, since I don't really have a collection. My two Valkyries and one Gundam model are the only "toys" I own.

Well, you can include my plush Panda if you want

[valkyrietestpilot]

mock battles all the way baby!!!!! although,i don't have any battle pods,my girlfriend loves being attacked by my low-viz strike.she's the biggest meltran he's ever seen. all i can say is: "ahhhh,the spoils of war"

[wingcommander]

All of the above

Except I don't have battlepods I have gundam and front mission 3 mechs a whole armies worth. They sure do give the valks a run for there money. I actually just use my chunky monkeys for play the rest are usually displayed.

ALEX

[scand]

I play with my valks. My girlfriend gets so pissed of at me. I remember as a kid setting up battles with my GIjoe figures. I haven't changed a bit and I'm trying to make up for lost time. The ones that get the most play is the 1/48 and the 1/60 J's.

[estacado06479]

If yamato would make me a damn Regult, Id make the mock battles...but they havent, so I wait for the Q like everyone else.

[MicronianDevil]

I transform my Valks. I am also guilty of flying then around the house. (Chase the dog.) The only time I play mock battles is when my 5 year old nephew visits and we dog fight. Him with his Power Ranger Megazord and me with my Chunky Monkey Super Valk.

Oh...I am also guilty of taking my Valks and tranforming them while I am in the sh*thouse.

[DrClay]

Oh...I am also guilty of taking my Valks and tranforming them while I am in the sh*thouse. 

you know it!

I transform and pose.....

so I chose pose, transforming is kinda' like making another pose.

Edited November 13, 2003 by DrClay